Hidden Order The Economics of Everyday Life

Name: Hidden Order The Economics of Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780887308857

ISBN-10: 0887308856

ISBN-13: 9780887308857

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Authors: David D. Friedman

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David Friedman has never taken an economics class in his life. Sure, he's taught economics at UCLA. Chicago, Tulane, Cornell, and Santa Clara, but don't hold that against him. After all, everyone's an economist. We all make daily decisions that rely, consciously or not, on an acute understanding of economic theory--from picking the fastest checkout tine at the supermarket to voting or not voting, from negotiating the best job offer to finding the right person to marry. Hidden Order is an essential guide to rational living, revealing all you need to know to get through each day without being eaten alive. Friedman's wise and immensely accessible book is perfect for amateur economists,…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/18/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction



Economics for Pleasure and Profit



Rush-Hour Blues and Rational Babies



Actions Speak Louder Than Words



Price=Value=Cost: Solving a Simple Economy



Thinking on Paper: The Geometry of Choice



What Would You Give to Get Off a Desert Island?



Bricks Without Clay: Production in a One-Input World



Ptolemaic Trade Theory



Putting It Together: Price Theory in a Simple Economy



The Big Picture



In Search of the Real World



Bosses, Workers, and Other Complications



Monopoly for Fun and Profit



Hard Problems: Game Theory, Strategic Behavior, and Oligopoly



Time ...



... And Chance



Who Gets How Much Why?



Standing in for Moral Philosophy: The Economist as Judge



Summing People Up



What is Efficient?



How to Gum Up the Works



Why We Are Not All Happy, Wealthy, Wise, and Married



Applications: Conventional and Un



Law and Sausage: The Political Marketplace



Rational Criminals and Intentional Accidents



The Economics of Love and Marriage


Final Words


Index